Acting
Perry King
EN, ES cinema · 61 credits
Born
30 April 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Alliance, Ohio, USA
Perry King, born Perry Firestone King, made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five. In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in the exploitation film Mandingo. Since the 1970s, he has appeared in dozens of feature films, television series and television movies. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars, but the role ultimately went to Harrison Ford. However, he played the character in the radio adaptations of Star Wars and both its sequels. In 1984, King was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV movie The Hasty Heart. That same year, he landed the role of Cody Allen on the series Riptide. In 1993, he starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel A Stranger in the Mirror, which is a roman à clef on Groucho Marx. In 1995, he portrayed the role of Hayley Armstrong on Melrose Place. He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and as the President of the United States in the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow. King has made guest appearances on TV shows including Spin City, Will & Grace, Eve, and Cold Case.
Known for
Filmography
The Divide
as Sam Kincaid, Director
My Saga
as Self
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy
Framed for Murder
as Jason
The Perfect Neighbor
as William Costigan
Home for the Holidays
as Cooper
Stranger at the Door
as Greg Norris
The Day After Tomorrow
as President Blake
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward, Associate Producer
Her Married Lover
as Richard Mannhart
The Adventures of Ragtime
as Jerry Blue
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
as Clint Barran
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton
She Led Two Lives
as Jeffrey Madison
Good King Wenceslas
as Tunna
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Toby Temple
Jericho Fever
as Michael Whitney
A Cry in the Night
as Erich
Switch
as Steve Brooks
Kaleidoscope
as John Chapman
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
The Knife and Gun Club
as Dr. Matt Haley
Only One Survived
as Philip Asherton
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
Disaster at Silo 7
as Maj. Hicks
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Philip Weber
Perfect People
as Ken Laxton
Samson and Delilah
as Samson (voice)
Stranded
1986
Stranded
as Nick MacKenzie
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Inmates: A Love Story
as Roy Matson
Golden Gate
as Jordan Kingsley
City in Fear
as Lt. John Armstrong
Search and Destroy
as Kip Moore
Love's Savage Fury
as Col. Zachary Willis
The Cracker Factory
as Dr. Edwin Alexander
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens
Bad
as L.T.
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate
Lipstick
as Steve Edison
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword
Foster & Laurie
as Rocco Laurie
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell
The Deadly Visitor
as Jamie
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney
Short Cut to Haifa
as Nephew Daniel